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SUBCOMMITTEE ON COMMERCE & TRADE

2944-01-21 SET

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2944-01-21_09:32 – Session Begins

SENATORERROLGANS (C – Locke – Idris Sys): Good morning, everyone. As we have a quorum, I call this meeting of the Senate Subcommittee on Commerce & Trade to order. Please take your seats. First order of business, we will continue hearing the Senator from Terra’s proposal. Senator Albervar, are you prepared?

SENATORKELOSALBERVAR (T – Terra – Terra Sys): Yes, Mister Chair.

SENATORERROLGANS (C – Locke – Idris Sys): You may proceed, then.

SENATORKELOSALBERVAR (T – Terra – Terra Sys): Honorable ladies and gentlemen, I don’t wish to consume any more of your time. In summary, granting the Jysho Corporation a business certificate to open franchises in the UEE could be a remarkable first step to improved relations with the Xi’An Empire as well as a needed boost to the local economies. I could keep talking, but I imagine the projections you see in front of you speak for themselves. With that, I will yield the remainder of my time for questions.

SENATORYORI CO (C – Green – Ellis Sys): Refueling and repair … right, well, back to my original point, you didn’t indicate how many of these refueling and repair stations the business certificate would let them open.

SENATORKELOSALBERVAR (T – Terra – Terra Sys): That’s true. A certificate to do business is a certificate to do business. I don’t recall any previous certificates that specify the number of stores.

SENATORKELOSALBERVAR (T – Terra – Terra Sys): Irresponsible? No. They’re a business. They applied for a license to sell in the UEE. We analyze the license and either approve it or not. Right now, I’m not

SENATORYORI CO (C – Green – Ellis Sys): Allow me to finish. If these stations began to dominate the marketplace, wouldn’t we be effectively handing over a large portion of our commercial sector to a foreign power? One, I might add, that has been duplicitous in the best of times.

SENATORYORI CO (C – Green – Ellis Sys): I’m suggesting that these businesses threaten or proposes to threaten the livelihood of our constituents. I mean, isn’t that our true purpose here? Monitoring commerce and trade to determine what’s equitable for the people who put us here. As such, wouldn’t you say that it is our duty to protect them first? Rather than our pockets?

SENATORKELOSALBERVAR (T – Terra – Terra Sys): Excuse me?

SENATORERROLGANS (C – Locke – Idris Sys): Senator Co, you will refrain from such inflammatory remarks. You have been warned before.

SENATORYORI CO (C – Green – Ellis Sys): I withdraw the question.

SENATORERROLGANS (C – Locke – Idris Sys): Note for Archivist, strike that last remark from the record. We will take a short recess and when we resume, we will continue to discuss Senator Albervar’s proposal in a civil manner. Senator Co, a word.